14 Best Budget Apps for 2017

Albert Budget App

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The Albert app is a safe and simple budget app that helps you make smarter financial decisions using your personal data. You connect Albert to your bank, insurance, investments and loans and the app will identify actions that you may need to take.

Albert monitors your accounts to help alert you to new money and to help you find new ways to use your money. The app can also help you find out where you are spending money with subscriptions and recurring payments that you may want to trim.

You'll get a financial health score that helps you identify what you can do today to improve your financial situation. You can take action on the advice Albert gives from inside the app, using connections to various lenders and services, or you can go search on your own.

The app can even help you identify when you are overpaying for insurance, spending too much paying high-interest rates on cards and more. You can even use Albert to automate savings by intelligently moving money to a savings account that is FDIC insured and that you can withdraw from at any time.

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Nathan L

09/29/2015 at 12:41 am

Would classify myself as a finance nut here, was looking around for finance apps and tried all the Android ones recommended, but most of them seem to be more of bells and whistles and Material Design/Flat Design but lacks advanced functionality.

Ultimately I went for Expense IQ (https://goo.gl/RKUKMG), which has the complete set of features I need, even useful stuff like a Bill Reminder, Budget Planner within the app. It is so powerful that my friend uses it for his small business.

I reached out to the developers, who told me that they are working on a major UI refresh, which takes time as the app has too much functions and they don’t want to break the app for current users. Very responsible and friendly people!

Definitely recommend to check out, as the free version (https://goo.gl/RKUKMG) is probably enough for most people’s personal finance needs. I bought the Pro version, as it is a one-time purchase, and one of the rare few finance apps that don’t charge subscription fees! Way to go! Just give it a try and you may like it too, if you are as serious about managing finances as me.

Amy

02/20/2017 at 7:19 pm

There’s some kind of weird negativity in the comments.

Thanks for the recommendation Nathan! I tried out Expense IQ, it’s really good and offers way more than most other recommendations in the comments. The other apps look amateurish and are just not “smart” in comparison. Expense IQ feels like it’s designed by people who really care about personal finance, and knows what people need to save effectively.

I love the reports (that actually make sense), flexibility, powerful search function and bills reminder, and there’s still so much in the app to discover.

It’s my personal favorite after trying out the recommendations in this comment thread. If you are looking for an app to use long-term, no other app even comes close to Expense IQ (at least for me).

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We created MyMoneyPicture as a simple application that helps you track your expenses, monitor account balances, and compare actual spending to your budget.

MyMoneyPicture is free, and does not need access to your accounts. Spending is entered manually to increase awareness. It only takes a few minutes a day. The site is optimized for mobile to make entering spending on the go super quick and easy.

There is this app called “Buks”. It categorises automatically your expenses and you can use pictures to track. It also learns your budget behaviour. Very simple and is currently my daily drive to money saving.

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Atruzo

03/14/2016 at 4:52 am

PocketGuard is a Step up from Mint. Mint needs balance Apple Watch app. I also like the way you can mark bill in PocketGuard. If you haven’t given it a chance and you like Mint you will LOVE POCKETGUARD!!!!!

Ry

03/25/2016 at 10:07 am

I don’t like that with mint, i can’t see total income & total expenses for each month. Thats so dang basic. It would be great to see how mich comes in, how much is spent on the necessities, & how much is spent on combined extras like entertainment, then how much is left over…for example how much can be sent to savings after seeing how much “extra” you have each month.

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Earl

04/30/2016 at 3:44 am

Just wanted to point out that after getting tired of excel I tried most of these tools but non worked with all my financial sites. I downloaded Geltbox Money for free (https://geltbox.com) and use every week as it connects to my two banks and different loans and investments sites.

Pamela

08/16/2016 at 6:30 pm

Alicia, is this a free service.I just had my CPA come out to the house today to help with my business account. I asked her about an app to help with my personal stuff. She has suggested mint? Looking for something free to navigate myself. Thanks in advance.

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Pavel Tomek

08/30/2016 at 1:04 am

I’ve tried a lot of applications, but none doing exactly what I needed:-( I need just a few simple things: 1) categories editing (ok, it is no problem) 2) import and export (many apps knows it, but not every) 3) need to see imediately, how much i spend in a given month – and this is a problem:(( Aps have reports, filters, but its unnecessarily complicated. I want to see my spendings, when i run the app. Android apk Financiator is perfect for me, but now i have iOS, and there is no alternative

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This android app is the most well-designed and user friendly finance app i have ever tried. And it has collaborative money management feature. With this feature, users can create a bookkeeping, share it with other useres and start managing money together collectively. Extremely useful for couples and family.

I’ve tried a lot of the different finance apps that sync in to your bank accounts, like Mint, but I like to use Budget Monthly for the simple control it gives. I like to be able to track my expense and running totals manually and create custom running balances that aren’t necessarily tied to my overall bank account. http://apple.co/2dtL9Nf

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11/11/2016 at 7:22 am

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Julian

12/29/2016 at 1:51 pm

I use Squeeze. It’s a free application that helps you manage and or compare your daily/monthly expenses. This application truly is your ultimate “life hack” for budgeting your finances. Check it out at SqueezeApp.com

Danny Rodriguez

01/03/2017 at 12:51 pm

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jenny

01/03/2017 at 9:46 pm

I use Geltbox Money.

Geltbox is a personal financial aggregator designed for homes and small businesses. Geltbox gives you a clear overview of your expenses, investments, loans and assets. It aims to help you plan your monthly savings and your investments. The ultimate goal is to help you reach financial security.

What makes Geltbox Money special and unique?

Geltbox Money lets you sync to any financial website in the world. No need to use online financial aggregators, which are limited to certain financial institutions. Record your own downloaders and have them run automatically in your device. Can work in most countries in the world. Data and credentials are stored and encrypted locally. No need to give away your user names and passwords. No need to store your personal financial information online More features: Complete overview of all your accounts: checking, credit cards, investments, loans and assets. Insightful graphs. Flexible and colorful labeling and budgeting. Customizable reports. Import and export of financial data. Easy editing and fast search of transactions. Backup all your data.

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For managing Money in day 2 day life is critical but after the launch of expense management app for android and iPhone the money management becomes much easier. We have several player in the app market such as Mint, Capterra, expense-manager, Expense on Demand, etc providing very great services in terms of money management.

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Aysha

03/14/2017 at 2:13 pm

I’m looking for a budgeting app that will allow me to work from my salary month (15th-15th) rather than just the normal month (Jan,feb,march). But I don’t really want to connect it to my bank account. Any suggestions?

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Linda

03/27/2017 at 8:13 am

A very nice list! Personal Finance Apps have definitely changed the way budgeting is done, I have tried some of them before. And there are of course many apps out there with different features and that’s absolutely great, as it gives the opportunity to choose the most appropriate one. Right now I am using the personal finance app inBudget because it makes it easy to share my money management experience with my friends and family as it has great social features. It’s a great choice if you want to manage your budgets together with someone else as it can be great motivation to stay on track. I think it’s quite a new app and has a potential to be added to the list as well.

I have tried to find my perfect budget tracker app, but it is not an easy task. Among those that you described (nice review, by the way, thanks), I tried only several. Mint was the best one, I guess. Although I do not like all that “connect-to-a-bank” staff. I do not want some 3rd parties to know my income, etc. I am a little bit paranoid to it :) I just wanted to have a possibility to track my expenses and see the statistics.

Additionally, I tried Money Lover (not in your list, btw). It was too overloaded with the functionality and Ads, so I quit it.

So, we developed an alternative. It is called “MonKey” (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avabrosolutions.monkey). For me, its main benefits are: – Easy to use – Not overloaded with the unnecessary features – Intuitive – Ready-to-go – install and start to use (without loads of boring configurations) – Works offline (except for some non-vital functions) – No ads all over the interface – Anonymous – nothing is stored on the external servers – Different input methods (manual, fast, voice, scanning) – SMS banking – parsing of the push- and sms-messages from the banks, without needing to bind the actual bank account to the app. Currently, the list of supported banks is limited, but it can be extended by request. – Possibility to create your saving goals for the categories and monitor the progress

It is distributed free of charge, with the possibility to purchase the extended features inside of the app. It is not a commercial comprehensive solution, but it’s nice and easy

If you want something super simple, I’ve developed an Android app that will keep track of your budget on a daily basis, letting you adjust your spending reactively and save up for any big expenses on a micro level.

Frankie Kempton

06/09/2017 at 2:42 am

Nice selection. I’ve tried many of these, however, I’ve been using http://www.moneystrands.com as its been the easiest app I’ve personally come across for budgeting and helping me manage/control my finances better.

Jonnie A

06/09/2017 at 7:12 am

Great list I have used some of these in the past. Also peep http://www.moneystrands.com. I’ve been using it now for some time. Very user-friendly and allows me to budget as well as create savings goals for the future. Me and my wife are saving to go to Hawaii. All good.

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